OOC THREAD

[Eclecticon]

Agreed.  Just from reading through the rules I'm already looking forward to being able to switch over.

[Telcontar]

Yeah, we need the hinted at and implied conversion rules.

[Telcontar]

Though I would be fine with importing the journey rules now.

[tomcat]

I bought all the books, but I am not sold.

I do not like everything going into a dice cup. I like 1e variable TN's, stances, encounters. I like monsters and NPC's having an attribute that controls their skills and damages. I like PC backgrounds and callings. I like Hope being static and not dependent now on a dice - especially for a commodity that is hard to regain.

So... I can wait on any transitions myself.

[Telcontar]

Hmmm. I'll have time tomorrow at work to break this down and do a compare.

[Eclecticon]

I'm also not a huge fan of losing the character backgrounds, though in practice they don't seem to inform play much beyond the first few sessions.  The journey rules do seem far superior, though, and I'll happily experiment with adopting them if everyone else is alright with the idea.  If they don't work out for us, we can go back to the old style. 

Same for any other part of the 2E rules - for all the odd moments of mechanical clunkiness, we've told a good story for nearly eight years with 1E, and I see no burning need to change anything. 

[tomcat]

I have read the new Journey rules and I am down with them being integrated into our game.

[Telcontar]

I didnt have time today. But...

I think in the new rules the attributes mean something now. The PC backgrounds were character concept nudges but I dont think I ever really used them to build a character other than the mechanics. I think success is a lot easier and it comes down to burning success dice. Wasnt decipher like that Doig where you burned dice to tweak your rolls?

Also Hole only adds a die but it comes back a lot faster. I am very curious about how that impacts longer play. The wearing and grinding of the shadow has very much shaped our game in deep and profound ways. The hope bit is the one thing that I am most shakey on.

I do think the travel rolls will put fellowship rolls back into the game allow for narrative prompts and not rely on the LM, and use some
Skills we dont use. I remember starting Hathcyn off as a Hunter and I think I have only used the skill a handful of times. Overall I think journey is a huge plus. More narrative options, utilizes unused skills, easier to calculate and execute.

[Telcontar]

Sounds like everyone is interested in the new journey rules.

In addition to that what does everyone think about the success dice spending? This is another piece that I like and think we could easily add into our game.

I like the variety it gives to great and extraordinary successes.

[Eclecticon]

Sorry for the delay everyone.  There'll a new post up later today.

[GandalfOfBorg]

Going on cruise until 2/20... connection will be spotty but will try to maintain some semblance of activity.

[Eclecticon]

Have a great time.  Where are you going?

[Telcontar]

Bookmark on my phone isnt working, anyone else having this problem.

[tomcat]

Not me.

Have a great time, Matt!

[Telcontar]

hmmm. deleted it and rebookmarked and it works. weird.